TROPICAL DESIGN REVIEWER NO.

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15. light colors have the highest
reflectance, therefore reflecting light
and heat away from a building.
1. Environmental Design IS THE process of
addressing surrounding environmental
16. Passive cooling system is a system that
parameters when devising plans,
relies on natural processes.
programs, policies, buildings, or
products.
17. Kubo is the predecessor of the Bahay
na Bato.
2. Tropical Regions ARE regions that lie
roughly in the middle of the globe
18. heat is a form of energy that
between the latitude lines of the Tropic
spontaneously flows from objects of
of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
higher temperatures to objects of
lower temperatures.
3. The Koppen Classification System shows
the Climate Zones
19. Sensible heat is heat exchanged by the
object that causes a change in
4. Climate refers to the long-term
temperature of the object without
regional or global average of
changing its phase and can be
temperature, humidity, and rainfall
detected even by the human touch.
patterns over seasons, years, or
decades.
20. Thermal capacity is the quantity of
heat necessary to produce a unit
5. Effects of on-going climate change
change of temperature in a unit mass of
include hotter temperatures, death of
a material.
flora and fauna, and poverty and
displacement.
21. Radiant heat is the heat energy that is
transferred from one body to
6. The climate of Philippines is Tropic and
another.
Maritime, Rainy and Dry
22. Psychrometric chart presents
7. There are 5 super typhoon categories
physical and thermal properties of
in the Philippines.
moist air in a graphical form.
8. El Niño is manifested in the Philippine
23. The Kruithof curve relates the
local climate by drier than normal
pleasantness of a visual environment
weather conditions that can last for
with the warmth of the light source and
one or more seasons, causing dry
the illumination level.
spells or even drought in many parts
of the country.
24. The Sterling chart is a visual
representation of the best indoor
9. La Niña the periodic cooling of the
relative humidity range.
ocean surface temperatures increases
the likelihood of above normal
25. Kelvin scale shows the scale of color
rainfall conditions and can lead to
temperature.
adverse impacts such as heavy
rainfall, floods, and landslides.
26. Relative humidity refers to the
percentage of water vapor per pound
10. Energy Efficiency refers to the optimal
of dry air in relation to how much the
use of energy resources to minimize
air can hold at its current
energy consumption while maintaining a
temperature.
desired level of comfort and
functionality.
27. Coal is an example of primary energy.
11. 17 UN Sustainable Development goals
28. Tertiary energy or the energy content
of a building material comprises all
12. Vertical Sunshade for east and west
the energy consumed in acquiring and
transforming the raw materials into
13. Horizontal sunshade for north and
finished products.
south
29. Parameters of thermal comfort
14. Egg crate for the sides oblique to the
include physical activity, clothing, and
cardinal directions.
relative humidity.

30. HEPA filter is a type of air filter that
can theoretically remove at least
99.97% of dust, pollen, mold, bacteria,
and any airborne particles with a size
of 0.3 microns(μm).
31. luminous flux indicates the amount of
luminous energy emitted per unit of time
(1 second) from a source, i.e. its luminous
power. For luminous energy it means the
radiant energy emitted in the range
380 to 780 nm.
32. Illuminance is the Ratio of the luminous
flux received by a surface to the area
of the surface itself.
33. Daylight factor is an index of
illuminance.
34. Useful Daylight Illuminance is an index
of glare.
44. Useful Daylight Illuminance is a measure
of the dynamic performance of
natural lighting, based on the
illuminance level of the work plane.
45. Some potential sources of glare
include the sun, reflection, and light
source.
46. Met is the unit of measure for metabolic
rate.
47. Db or decibels is the unit of measure
for sound pressure.
48. IEQ or indoor environment quality is the
perceived indoor experience about the
building indoor environment that
includes aspects of design, analysis,
and operation of energy efficient,
healthy, and comfortable buildings.
49. Humidity affects emission rate.

35. Daylight Autonomy can only be 50. When we are cold it means that we are
measured using computer simulations. dissipating in the environment more heat
than we are producing: our internal
36. Luminance distribution in the field of temperature tends to decrease.
vision determines the state of
adaptation, which in turn affects visual
performance.

37. DF [%] = (SC + ERC + IRC / Eext) x 100 is

the formula for daylight factor.

38. A Daylight Autonomy of 70% at a point

of a room used every weekday from
8:00 to 18:00, in which a minimum level of
300 lux illumination is required,
indicates that at that point it is
possible to work for 70% of the year
without resorting to artificial light.

39. glare is the visual sensation produced

by surfaces which produce high
luminance gradients within the field of
view.

40. Objects can appear unnatural and

unappealing when the color rendering
index is less than 60.

41. Observers start to see color

differences, but they are minor when
the color rendering index is less than
90 to 95.

42. The cooler the color temperature, the

bluer the color of the light is.

43. CRI is a measure of how accurately a

light source Renders the colors of
objects.